May 27, 2011

I've finally created a website to feature my personal work and other various projects I've worked on over the last few years. All the Entartete Kunst work is on there along with the Endeavor Snowboard stuff and a few other projects as well. The site also has a built in shop for the giclee prints I offer, which up until now, were only available privately and at art shows. In the near future I'll be adding some of the concept art I created for the last few game projects I worked on, so come back for another look. Check it out at borninconcrete.com.

Last week a couple of my pieces showed up on the cover of issue #3093 of Serbian comic/entertainment magazine, Politikin Zabavnik. While it is flattering to have my work considered for the cover of this popular and historic magazine, my work was used without permission, and was altered/censored (hexagrams and text elements removed), from it's original form without consent.

It is unfortunate that the the editors at Politikin Zabavnik didn't just ask to use my work. I'm happy to cross promote with magazines, I've done this in the past, and I'll do it again in the future. If they had asked me in the first place, I could have provided them with high resolution images that would have made their cover, and my artwork, look better (as opposed to scaling up low res. images off the web for print).

The altering/censoring of my work without consent is completely unacceptable. If they had an issue with certain elements contained within my work, or thought that these elements would be potentially offensive to their readership, then that should have been a clear sign not to have used my work on the cover of their magazine. To add insult to injury, their paint over job is poor, creating a false impression of the work.

I don't know if anymore of my work appears within the magazine itself, and if so, if these images have been treated in the same disrespectful manner.

I've sent an email over to the editors of Politikin Zabavnik asking for an explanation. Not surprisingly, I haven't received a response yet......

May 19, 2011

I've been invited back for the next instalment of the STROKE Urban Artfair, to be held in Munich from May 26 - 29, 2011. I exhibited some work at the third STROKE, held in Berlin last October, and heard it was a great show (I couldn't go because I was broke.......still am). I'll be featured in the digital exhibit along with a host of great artists. As with the last exhibit, our work will be displayed on large flat screen displays.

Anyways if you find yourself in Munich at the end of May go check out the STROKE Urban Artfair at - Zenith - Die Kulturhalle / Lilienthalallee 29 / 80939 Munich.

Here is a couple pics of the cover and feature published in Rooms Art Uncovered #4. I received my copy of the magazine a while back but I've been so busy lately I'm just getting around to posting it (this also explains the lack of new art posts as well.....). Print copies and a downloadable .pdf are available from the Rooms site. Print copies are also available in bookshops in various cities in the UK, continental Europe, and Asia, check the stockist list on the Rooms site.